Church at the Ballpark

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The early church grew faster than any other religious movement in history. In fact, after the Apostle Peter’s first message, three thousand people got saved! What made this movement so powerful? Pastor J.D. answers that question as he continues our study in the book of Acts titled, SENT. It’s a special message that J.D. preached at the Durham Bulls Baseball field during an all-campus gathering of The Summit Church. We’re in Acts, Chapter 2, starting at verse 22.

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0:00.0	Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.
0:02.5	When you see the great love of God for you in the cross,
0:05.0	it changes your heart toward God.
0:07.0	Because you see that he was not an adversary that was trying to Lord over you.
0:10.7	He was a father who created you for his purposes and for you to walk in that is the abundant life.
0:16.0	It's everything you've been searching for.
0:18.0	Paul said it is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance.
0:22.0	Not just the threats of God, it's the goodness of God that leads
0:25.1	you to repentance. Welcome to Summit Life with J.D. Greer, lead pastor of The Summit Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
0:40.0	As always, I'm your host Molly Vittevich.
0:43.0	Did you know that every week the Summit Church meets on multiple campuses around the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina?
0:49.0	But every once in a while we get the chance to gather as one united family at larger venues like the
0:54.7	Durham Bulls Baseball Stadium.
0:56.6	Today we're hearing a message from that special gathering several years ago as
1:01.0	Pastor Jady continues our study in the Book of Acts called Sent.
1:05.1	So let's head out to the old ballpark with our Bible in hand, ready to hear from God today.
1:10.2	Here's Pastor J.D. One of the things that has puzzled historians for years is why Christianity spread so fast in its earliest days. Jesus left a relatively small group of followers.
1:27.5	They were not people of influence. They didn't win others because of their stature and
1:31.7	because they just had natural
1:33.2	followings. There were lots of persecuted groups in that first few
1:38.9	centuries. Christianity was not the only
1:41.0	religiously persecuted group. There were lots of them but the believers,
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